Android : Preventing WakeLock Under-Locked Exception
Feb 4, 2010
I'm trying to implement a times WakeLock in my Application, so this is not a Service.
I want the wakelock to simply prevent screen dimming for 3 min. Looking through the docs, this seems simple enough, but I seem to randomly encounter a Under-Locked exception that I cannot pinpoint.
Here is my WakeLock-related code:
in onCreate: PowerManager pm = (PowerManager) getSystemService(Context.POWER_SERVICE); mWakeLock = pm.newWakeLock(PowerManager.SCREEN_BRIGHT_WAKE_LOCK, TAG); // Adjust time to include user's setting int timeout = WAKELOCK_TIME - Settings.System.getInt(getContentResolver(), SCREEN_OFF_TIMEOUT, 0); if (timeout > 0) {mWakeLock.acquire(timeout);} ...
in onDestroy: if (mWakeLock != null && mWakeLock.isHeld() == true) { try { As you can see, I wrap the release and try to only execute it when necessary as a clean up only. I'm assuming that since I'm aquiring with a timeout, the PowerManager will handle the release in most cases when the timeout expires.
I don't have a copy of the logcat at the moment, but what seems to happen is I get the Under-Locked exception randomly, and at random times (it's not always when WAKELOCK_TIME elapses). The strange thing is that the exception does not point to my code - all the entries point to "internal" Android code.
It's hard to find examples of other people using aquire with timeouts. Any ideas what I could be doing wrong here?
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Jul 7, 2010
I have a service that acts a download manager, downloading files in the background. I have aquired a partial wake lock while the downloads are going. When the downloads finish, I manually release the wakelock. Because I am paranoid, I acquired the wakelock also with a timeout. The problem I am seeing is that if I have already manually released my wakelock, when the timeout period expires an error is presented to the user (and adb logcat shows an under-locked wakelock exception).
Is there any way to use a timeout (as backup wakelock release in case the app force closes for some reason) without getting this error?
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static final String dbName="demoDB";
static final String tableName="Employees";
static final String colID="EmployeeID";
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// TODO Auto-generated method stub
db.execSQL("CREATE TABLE "+tableName+" ("+colID+" INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT, "+
colName+" TEXT, "+colAge+" Integer);");
I want to select all the records in the database like this and display them in a gridview:SQLiteDatabase db=this.getWritableDatabase();Cursor cur= db.rawQuery("Select "+colName+", "+colAge+" from "+tableName, new String [] {});String [] from=new String []{DatabaseHelper.colName,DatabaseHelper.colAge};
int [] to=new int [] {R.id.colName,R.id.colAge};
SimpleCursorAdapter sca=new SimpleCursorAdapter(this,R.layout.gridrow,c,from,to);
GridView grid=(GridView)findViewById(R.id.grid);
grid.setAdapter(sca);but i receive the following exception:java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: column '_id' does not exist.the db table does not have a column with name '_id'so what is wrong with this code
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Aug 7, 2010
I have a sony ericsson X10, it has a security pattern lock on the phone. However this has gone off in my pocket and now the phone is locked. I can not remember the google email address for the phone and now i can not access the phone. Orange customer service has told me to get in touch with google, in order to delete the old account [whatever that may be] but there is no number for google customer service.
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Sep 1, 2010
I have a problem with acquiring a WakeLock. It seems not to work. I am trying to acquire a FULL_WAKE_LOCK but neither the display gets enabled nor is my app able to perform tasks.
I am using the following permission: android.permission.WAKE_LOCK
My acquire code looks like this:
CODE:...........
What am i doing wrong?
Added another flag ACQUIRE_CAUSES_WAKEUP ... but no changes in behavior
All i am trying to do is, to play music and to wake my device up upon a certain event. The music is working perfectrly but the device stays black.
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May 24, 2009
The new IntentService in Android 1.5 looks excellent for handling AlarmManager-initiated broadcasts for scheduled WAKEUP work...except I can't see that it uses a WakeLock anywhere, either in itself or Looper/MessageQueue.
Does this implicitly hold a WakeLock that I'm not seeing? Or would I need to create a WakingIntentService that has an active WakeLock so long as there are messages in the queue?
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Jan 11, 2010
My WakeLock isn't keeping my device awake.
In OnCreate() I've got:
CODE:...............
Then:
CODE:........
The screen turns off before the timer finishes, how can I make the screen stay visible?
mWakeLock is a field previously declared like so: private PowerManager.WakeLock mWakeLock;
My device uses Android 1.6. I would really appreciate any help to resolve this.
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Jun 7, 2010
I'm just wondering if I do this correctly; I'm programming a notification app which can display a notification when the phone is sleeping
Disable keyguard lock. Aquire a wake lock. show notification. Set alarm for timeout and reenabling keyguard and release wakelock is the user dont touches the screen. 4.1 User touches the screen, and I disable the timer. Do nothing more. Done and done 4.2 User dont touch the screen, so reenable keyguard and release wakelock. Phone sleeps again
Basically I'm wondering about point 4.1 the most. cancel the pendingintent for the alarm, and do nothing more? or should the keyguard and wakelock that are set be dealt with in some way?
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I am trying to use a service to control a wakelock so I can permanently leave the screen on when my application is running. I create the wakelock and activate it in onCreate() and release it in onDestroy() however I get the error "wl cannot be resolved".
Can someone explain how I can get over this? Code below:
CODE:..................
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I have a signal that puts my app to sleep for a given number of minutes (using AlarmManager) and then wakes it back up.Everything is working except the screen doesn't ever come on.I then release the wakelock when I'm sure that my app is up and running and connected again. However, the screen never comes on! The app only actually comes back to life when I hit the power button to wake up the screen manually.I'm developing on an HTC Hero.
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Mar 26, 2010
I have a terrible bug in my widget. The widget is waken up using an AlarmManager (the update interval is chosen by users, ranging from 30 mins to 2 hours) to grab some data from the Internet and display it on the widget. I do not hold a wakelock since if the phone sleeps, just let it sleeps. There's no way to update the information since nobody will see it. If I put the phone in the basement (has no wi-fi or cell signal) for about an hour. the phone will definitely not update anything. However, when I get it back from the basement, the cell network could never be recovered again no matter how long I have waited (it just get an X on the cell signal icon on the notification bar) that I must restart the phone. May I know if a partial wake lock must be held on checking network availability?
Find the code skeleton as below:
CODE:.................
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Apr 13, 2010
I have a service which, when started, does some stuff (like downloading files) typically taking about 2-3 minutes.
If I start this service and then immediately use the power button to switch off the screen, then I would expect the phone, at some point, to fall asleep. But it never seems to fall asleep while the service is still doing its stuff. At least, not on my Nexus One.
I'm not using a wake lock (though I do use WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_KEEP_SCREEN_ON in the activity that monitors the service progress).
So is it true that I don't need to use a wake lock?
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Oct 20, 2009
I have the following code in Oncreate of my activity:
CODE:.......................
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Oct 18, 2010
I have a service that needs to write some data to the internal storage using RandomAccessFile. Do I need to use a WakeLock to make sure the data won't get corrupted if the service process gets killed?
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I have a timer that schedule a task to run every 5 minutes. This task send a request to a server, so I need to be sure that CPU is on so that wifi or 3g can be used.
So the first thing I do in my run() method is :
CODE:.........
And the last thing I do in the run() is : wl.release() ;
I would like not to release here to be sure my service will run in the next 5 minutes :
The question is : if the device is already in a sleep state, can I wake up it with my wl.acquire() ?
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Sep 10, 2010
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Code:
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kl = km.newKeyguardLock("SMSHandler");[code].....
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I have a N7 2013 on stock KRT16S, and my biggest wake lock is AudioMix.
I'm rooted, using Greenify, and I even have Google Search uninstalled. I am not using GEL. People suggested turning touch sounds off, and I tried that too, but it didn't work.
what is this AudioMix wakelock? Is this like Audio_Out2 on the Nexus 4? Keyboard sounds or any sounds = wakelock? I also find it odd that considering I use my phone on vibrate 98% of the time, that the on my Nexus 4 and older phones, the speaker turns on when I press any button my phone. I thought system sounds wouldn't turn on? Quite interesting. Even in silent mode, the speaker turns on. I know this because my Nexus 4 speaker used to crack everytime it would turn on. To me that's an unnecessary wakelock that should ONLY happen if you're not in silent or vibrate."
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